1. Every month about 200 young people are told that they have cancer, according to charity CancerBACUP. The trouble is they are often not told very much more - or at least not the things they want to know. CancerBACUP's survey found that most teenagers with cancer worry about the impact on their sex lives or fertility. Many feel they don't have enough information about the treatment and what will happen when it finishes - for instance with their education.
Many are also worried about emotional problems and bodily changes such as hair loss.
2. It can be common for doctors and nurses not to talk directly to a teenager with cancer, but rather to their parents. With attitudes like that from the medical professional, it is not surprising that six out of 10 teenagers with cancer say they feel isolated and alone. About one in three feel that they sometimes have no-one to turn to.
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